Scraps of Time: Abby Takes a Stand

Gee recalls for her grandchildren what happened in 1960 in Nashville, Tennessee, when she, aged ten, passed out flyers while her cousin and other adults held sit-ins at restaurants and lunch counters to protest segregation.

Ages

8, 10

Interest Level

Grades 3 - 5

Lexile Measure

580L

DRA

40

Guided Reading

Q

Publisher

Viking Books

Number of Pages

112

Genre

Historical Fiction

About the Author and Illustrator

Patricia C. McKissackFull-time writer, Patricia McKissack and her husband Fredrick L. McKissack have written over one hundred books about the African-American experience.